Control and data acquisition upgrades for NSTX-U

Davis, W. M.; Tchilinguirian, G. J.; Carroll, T.; Erickson, K. G.; Gerhardt, S. P.; Henderson, P.; Kampel, S. H.; Sichta, P.; Zimmer, G. N.

doi:10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.05.005

Title: Control and data acquisition upgrades for NSTX-U

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The extensive NSTX Upgrade (NSTX-U) Project includes major components which allow a doubling of the toroidal field strength to 1 T, of the Neutral Beam heating power to 12 MW, and the plasma current to 2 MA, and substantial structural enhancements to withstand the increased electromagnetic loads. The maximum pulse length will go from 1.5 to 5 s. The larger and more complex forces on the coils will be protected by a Digital Coil Protection System, which requires demanding real-time data input rates, calculations and responses. The amount of conventional digitized data for a given pulse is expected to increase from 2.5 to 5 GB per second of pulse. 2-D Fast Camera data is expected to go from 2.5 GB/pulse to 10, and another 2 GB/pulse is expected from new IR cameras. Our network capacity will be increased by a factor of 10, with 10 Gb/s fibers used for the major trunks. 32-core Linux systems will be used for several functions, including between-shot data processing, MDSplus data serving, between-shot EFIT analysis, real-time processing, and for a new capability, between-shot TRANSP. As a result, improvements to the MDSplus events subsystem will be made through the use of both UDP and TCP/IPmore »« less

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^[1]; Carroll, T. ^[1];

^[1]; Gerhardt, S. P. ^[1]; Henderson, P. ^[1]; Kampel, S. H. ^[1]; Sichta, P. ^[1]; Zimmer, G. N. ^[1]

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Publication Date:: 2016-06-06

Research Org.:: Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1335158

Alternate Identifier(s):: OSTI ID: 1399143

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466

Resource Type:: Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Fusion Engineering and Design

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 112; Journal Issue: C; Conference: 10th IAEA Technical Meeting on Control, Data Acquisition, and Remote Participation for Fusion Research Inst Plasma Res, Ahmedabad, INDIA, 20-24 Apr 2015; Journal ID: ISSN 0920-3796

Publisher:: Elsevier

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; NSTX-U; MDSplus; instrumentation and control; data acquisition

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                    Davis, W. M., Tchilinguirian, G. J., Carroll, T., Erickson, K. G., Gerhardt, S. P., Henderson, P., Kampel, S. H., Sichta, P., and Zimmer, G. N.. Control and data acquisition upgrades for NSTX-U.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Davis, W. M., Tchilinguirian, G. J., Carroll, T., Erickson, K. G., Gerhardt, S. P., Henderson, P., Kampel, S. H., Sichta, P., & Zimmer, G. N.. Control and data acquisition upgrades for NSTX-U.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.05.005

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                    Davis, W. M., Tchilinguirian, G. J., Carroll, T., Erickson, K. G., Gerhardt, S. P., Henderson, P., Kampel, S. H., Sichta, P., and Zimmer, G. N.. Mon .  
"Control and data acquisition upgrades for NSTX-U".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.05.005.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1335158.

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@article{osti_1335158,

  title        = {Control and data acquisition upgrades for NSTX-U},

  author       = {Davis, W. M. and Tchilinguirian, G. J. and Carroll, T. and Erickson, K. G. and Gerhardt, S. P. and Henderson, P. and Kampel, S. H. and Sichta, P. and Zimmer, G. N.},

  abstractNote = {The extensive NSTX Upgrade (NSTX-U) Project includes major components which allow a doubling of the toroidal field strength to 1 T, of the Neutral Beam heating power to 12 MW, and the plasma current to 2 MA, and substantial structural enhancements to withstand the increased electromagnetic loads. The maximum pulse length will go from 1.5 to 5 s. The larger and more complex forces on the coils will be protected by a Digital Coil Protection System, which requires demanding real-time data input rates, calculations and responses. The amount of conventional digitized data for a given pulse is expected to increase from 2.5 to 5 GB per second of pulse. 2-D Fast Camera data is expected to go from 2.5 GB/pulse to 10, and another 2 GB/pulse is expected from new IR cameras. Our network capacity will be increased by a factor of 10, with 10 Gb/s fibers used for the major trunks. 32-core Linux systems will be used for several functions, including between-shot data processing, MDSplus data serving, between-shot EFIT analysis, real-time processing, and for a new capability, between-shot TRANSP. As a result, improvements to the MDSplus events subsystem will be made through the use of both UDP and TCP/IP based methods and the addition of a dedicated “event server”.},

  doi          = {10.1016/j.fusengdes.2016.05.005},

  journal      = {Fusion Engineering and Design},

  number       = C,

  volume       = 112,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {2016},

  month        = {6}

}

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